Fabric for garments



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` N. ZUCK.

FABRIC FOR GARMENTS. HLED MAR. 28. 1921.

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UNITED STATES NICHOLAS zUcx, or ROCHESTER, NEW Yoan.'

FABRIC Foa GARMENTS.

Application led March 28, 1921. Seriall No. 456,370.'

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS ZUCK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented rcertain new and useful Improvements in Fabrics for Garments, of which the followingis a specification.

v y invention relates to a fabric for garments and has for its object to afford a laminated fabric structure, which will facilitate the manufacture of coat fronts, and

also providea more durable coat front, characterized at the same time by both pliability and stiffness to the' desired degrees.v f

- The invention will be more clearly understood fromthe following detailed description, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed' .out in the claims following the description.

In the drawings: A Figure l is a plan view of a fabric constricted in accordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view on line 2--2 of Figure 1. 1

For a complete understanding of my invention, I will allude briefly to certain practices in manufacturing coat fronts which are affected by this improvement. A coat front usually includes portions of hair-cloth, felt, 4and canvas, suitably united, and forming in general a body or side portion, 'which is connectedto the back part of the coat, and a front or lapel portion, which, when the coat is finished, constitutes the open front portion of the coat and also the lapel of the The felt, or padding material, does not V40 extend beyond the body orvside portion of the coat front, and does not form a part of the front orlapelportion. Different grades of hair-cloth are usually employed in the body andla el portions, the body portion havlng a sti er and coarserv hair-cloth, and

the lapel portion being formed of a finer grade of'hair-cloth, to give it somewhat more flexibility.

In constructing and asembling these parts,

one practice has-been to cut out each material, namely, canvas, coarse hair-cloth, fine hair-cloth, and felt, according to separate patterns. The coarse hair-cloth, forming the body portion, is then sewed to the line hair-cloth, forming the lapel portion, and

the entire urit is stitchedon to the canvas, after which the felt is .sewed on.

It 1s my purpose to eliminate a number a more efficient finished coat front, which is c'overed in my copending application filed only one piece of hair-cloth for both the body and lapel portions, and processing or treating the hair-cloth so that it is thoroughly Aof these operations, in additonto affording March 28, 1921', Serial No. 456,368,155 using 1 impregnated with a cementitious stiffening substance, referably of a waterproofing character. hus only one pattern is necessary for cutting' out the hair-cloth, and no stitching together of twosections of haircloth is necessary, so that two operations are saved up to this point. In Order to avoid the necessity of cutting the felt separately, f

and ,securing it to the hair-cloth, I first produce a laminated fabric from which the entire hair-cloth and felt unit is formed at one cutting operation, and it is this fabric which constitutes the subject matter of the present application.

The stiflening material or hair-cloth is designated by A and the padding material or felt is designated by B. The hair-cloth A is, preferably a fine, closely woven material such for instance as known in the trade as Hymo, and consisting of cotton or wool woven with mohair` or Chinese'hair.v The hair-cloth is treated, by 'immersing it in a cementitious stiffening or waterproofing solution, such as rubber cement which lis caused to thoroughly permeate every portlon Aof the hair-cloth, giving it more body, lgreater stiffness, and at the same time the proper pliability which permits it to be rolled or folded, and yet return to its original form. i l

Following this, the padding material, such as felt, is secured to the hair-cloth, preferably bypassing the two thicknesses between pressure rollers, causing the cementitious substancetoretain the parts together. The hair-cloth A is wider than the felt B and extends for a considerable vdistance beyond both edges of the felt strip B. This enables cutting out the entire coat front unit, so far as .the hair-cloth and felt are concerned, at one operation and withlminimum. waste, as the marginal portion of hair-cloth, or that portion beyond the felt, affords the lapel of the coat front. By having the' hair-cloth structure extend beyond both edges of the felt, it is possible to lay a coat front pattern either Way, and have the lapel portion 0n either side of the body portion., andA in certain classes of garments, it is desirable to have a portion of free hair-cloth on both fides of the felt.

lt will be understood that While I have shown only a short section of fabric, it is made in long lengths or rolls, from Which the manufacturer will 'cut his coat fronts as needed. The fundamental advantages of the improvement are that a laminated structure of both stifening and padding material can be cut from a single pattern at one operation, leaving free portlons of the stiftening material on either or both sides of the padding material` without any substantial waste of the latter.

l riaim l. A fabriv for garments comprising a layer of padding material such as felt, and

a layer of stii'ening material such as haircloth aixed to the padding material and of greater width than the padding material.

2. fabric for garments comprising a layer of padding material such as felt. and a layer of stil'ening material such as haircloth of greater Width than the padding material, the stifl'ening material being impregnated with a cementitious Stifte-ning suhstance which also aiiixes the padding ma terial the-rete.

3. A fabric for garments comprising a layer of padding material such as felt', and a layer of stif'ening material such as haircloth aiixed to the paddin material, the stiening materia-l being o greater Width than the padding material and impregnated with a cementitious, stil'ening subst-ance.

fl. A fabric for garments comprising a layer of padding material such as felt, and

a layer of stifl'ening material such as haircloth affixed to the padding material, the stifening material extending laterally beyond both edges of the padding material and being impregnated with a cementitions,

substance. t abrio for garments comprlsmg a stifenin layer of padding material such as felt, and p ln Witness whereof., ll have hereunto signed my name.

NICHOLAS ZllC-K. 

